Stingrays
By carpenter5
@carpenter5 (6782)
United States
May 20, 2011 8:40pm CST
Yesterday, my friend Tamanika and I took her two year old son to the Phoenix Zoo. I took along my camera hoping to get some great shots. I have a new frame that I needed to fill and thought a composition of zoo animals would look great on my wall.
I was not expecting to get to have a new adventure. I got to pet a stingray! I'd never done that before. I was surprised at how they felt like velvet.
Have you ever touched a sting ray? What did you think?
1 person likes this
3 responses
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
1 Jun 11
Now that is something I would LOVE to do. I've heard they are very smooth to the touch if you pet them going down their body, but if you rub up towards their heads, they can cut you. At least I think I heard that from somewhere? Maybe I'm thinking of something else. It's been a long time since I went to sea world.
1 person likes this
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
1 Jun 11
The kind that killed Steve Irwin, from what I understand is a different type than the ones they have on display to pet. We did see a different kind swimming in a tank in the Amazon part of the zoo. It was really scary looking compared to the ones in the open tank that the kids were feeding and petting.
@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
21 May 11
I have never touched a sting ray, but your discussion reminds me of the educational aspect of zoos. They are some of my favorite places to go, with or without kids.
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
21 May 11
I love the zoo! Phoenix has some great educational programs. One of their newest exhibits is the monkey habitat. Instead of looking inside the cages, the monkey's are in this huge enclosure. People come in and out and there is nothing between you and them. No bars, no cages, or wire. You can't touch or feed them, but you can get within a foot of them. It was the neatest thing. I'm adding a picture I took yesterday of one of them.
1 person likes this
